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			<h1>RATE Function</h1>
			<p>The <b>RATE</b> function is one of the financial functions. It is used to calculate the interest rate for an investment based on a constant payment schedule.</p>
			<p>The <b>RATE</b> function syntax is:</p> 
			<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>RATE(nper, pmt, pv [, [[fv] [,[[type] [,[guess]]]]]])</em></b></p> 
			<p><em>where</em></p> 
				<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>nper</em></b> is a number of payments.</p> 
				<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>pmt</em></b> is a payment amount.</p> 
				<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>pv</em></b> is a present value of the payments.</p>
                <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>fv</em></b> is a future value (i.e. a cash balance remaining after the last payment is made). It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the function will assume <b><em>fv</em></b> to be 0.</p>
				<p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>type</em></b> is a period when the payments are due. It is an optional argument. If it is set to 0 or omitted, the function will assume the payments to be due at the end of the period. If <b><em>type</em></b> is set to 1, the payments are due at the beginning of the period.</p>
                <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>guess</em></b> is an estimate at what the rate will be. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the function will assume <b><em>guess</em></b> to be 10%.</p>
			<p class="note"><b>Note:</b> cash paid out (such as deposits to savings) is represented by negative numbers; cash received (such as dividend checks) is represented by positive numbers. Units for <em>guess</em> and <em>nper</em> must be consistent: use N%/12 for <em>guess</em> and N*12 for <em>nper</em> in case of monthly payments, N%/4 for <em>guess</em> and N*4 for <em>nper</em> in case of quarterly payments, N% for <em>guess</em> and N for <em>nper</em> in case of annual payments.</p>
			<p>The numeric values can be entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to.</p>
			<p>To apply the <b>RATE</b> function,</p>
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			<li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li>
			<li>click the <b>Insert function</b> <div class = "icon icon-insertfunction"></div> icon situated at the top toolbar,
				<br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu,
				<br />or click the <div class = "icon icon-function"></div> icon situated at the formula bar,
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			<li>select the <b>Financial</b> function group from the list,</li>
			<li>click the <b>RATE</b> function,</li>
			<li>enter the required arguments separating them by commas,</li>
			<li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li>
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			<p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p>
			<p style="text-indent: 150px;"><img alt="RATE Function" src="../images/rate.png" /></p>
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